Table 1.

Basic characteristics of cases.

	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4	Patient 5	Patient 6
Gender	Female	Male	Male	Male	Female	Male
Age (years)	60	45	56	65	57	35
Origin	Chinese	Malaysian	Chinese	Chinese	Chinese	Chinese
History of diabetes mellitus	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
History of malignancy	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
History of immunodeficiency	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sepsis – septic shock	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Intensive care unit stay	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Abnormal liver function tests	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Leukocytosis	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Multiple abscesses	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Location	Liver Dome	Right lobe	Liver dome	Right lobe	Right lobe	Left lobe
Source of entry	Gastrointestinal tract	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Bacteremia	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Drainage	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Duration of antibiotics (weeks)	12	8	8	6	4	5
Length of stay (days)	18	25	7	8	13	10
Mortality	No	No	No	No	No	No
Gastrointestinal work-up	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Anaerobic coverage	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes